Following the dissolution of their previous band,
Small Wood House, at the start of the pandemic, guitarist Chris Corsi and vocalist Emma Shepard teamed up in the midst of lockdown boredom to work on the songs that would become Suitor’s debut EP,
Communion. Joined in 2021 by guitarist Stephen Ovak (also of
Jaite), bassist John Corsi, and drummer Ryan Matricardi, Suitor gigged around town regularly, sharing their spring-loaded guitar lines and Shepard’s throaty croon. Suitor recently recorded an LP in Lawrence, Kansas with contributions from one of their influences,
Sweeping Promises. They describe the new full-length as more collaborative, with the noisy and pop-y extremes of
Communion heightened.
